The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-24
A. A. McKAIN,
MON UMENTS
80 Massachusetts Avenue.
THE ELEMENTAL DISTURBANCES.
Additional Details of the Damaging Cyclones
and HaiI-Storms in the Southwest.

ST. Louis, April 23.-Special dispatches pub
lished here this morning show that fearful
cyclones. tornadoes and hail-storms swept over
a considerable part of western and southwest
ern Missouri, southeastern Kansas and northern
Arkansas on Thursday evening last causing
great loss Of life and destruction of property, as
well as manning large number Of people In
Bates end Vernon counties. Missouri, the de-
struction was very great. WeSt and so1th Of
Rich Hill the storm ragged with terrific violence,
and its track is strewn for miles with all kinds
of debris, including crushed and spintered
dwellings and out-houses dead animals and
poultry, bedclothipg. wearing apparel and all
kinds of farm property The estimated loss to
property is upwards of 100000. Six
people were killed in the neghbor-
hood of the towns Of Hume and Sprague,
and number seriously and some fatally injured.
Hume station, the Pacific road, was de-
stroyed, only cne house being left standing. DR..
Smiths house, three miles from Rich Hill, was
blown to atoms, and Mrs. Smith fatally injured.
Her daughter-inlaw. Mrs Ryan, and her two
children were also badly hurt Two hired men
on the place also received injuries. All the sta
bles and granaries on the Bruce place were de-
molished.
At the Miller farm, three miles west of
Sprague. splendid residence, barns and out
houses were destroyed, nine cattle, number of
hogs and other stock killed, and Mr.. Miller and
his wife and baby blown into the we'll and
drowned The farul-houses of the following per-
sons are entirely destroyed Samuel Porter. Geo.
Hibler. L. Marinon, J. Baueh. H. Overman. Geo.
Daniels, Mr.. Candies, Samuel Beatty,
1. c. Robinson. Robert Robinson, VIM.
Petty and VIM. Petit The latter
house took fire and burned William Kennels
house was blown down and then burned. Mrs.
Kennel had a very narrow escape from burning,
she was pinioned under some tmbers and
was only rescued by the heroic efforts of her
husband. Tho Montgomery and Queen Ridge
school-houses were wrecked It is reported
that brother and sister named Finn are dead,
but this is not verified
At Sprague small town just west of Rich
Hili there are but very few houses which are
not more or less damaged. The NJ. E. Church
was demolished B. F. Beaker & Co.'S lumber
yard was scattered over the prairie in every di-
rection. The following houses are destroyed:
Mrs. Wainscotts, Will Graves's, Mrs. Riley's.
Wesley Meeker's Hainlne's blacksmith shop
and Smith Basset's livery stable.
In the lower part of Linn county, Kansas, a
regular funnel-shaped twister made a descent
about O'clock seven miles northwest of Pres
colt. Every farm house in the path OF the
storm was demolished and every house in Pres
colt was ruined. Four miles from Prescott, Mr..
Films fine residence was mashed fat, and Mrs.
Finn and three small children were injured and
two visitors dangerously hurt Jacob Brock and
wife and one son, VIM. McPold, wife and child,
also in this vicinity, were fatally injured. A few
miles from this scene, ". S. Boeart, Mrs NJ.
O'Del Mr. Hogan, wife and two children had
taken refuge IN storm cellar. when eight cows
fell on them through the roof and all were Sc.
verely hurt VIM Browningburg's family found
refuge in storm cave, while So, 600 house was
scattered over the fields.
Ten miles northwest of Prescott Mrs. Sarah
Crane was killed and her family injured by the
crushing of the house. In distance Of twenty
the storm. H. c. Tripp, of Kansas City, was
standing in the doorway of Manlove Brothers
grocery store in Prescott when the building was
| destroyed, and he was killed. The few build
ings left standing in Prescott are stuck full oi
| tmbers. G. R. Underwoods residence the
Baptist and Methodist churches, We H. Bill
| lingsbys harness store. Berkns meat market
| and the Prescotr House are among the build
| ings that were destroyed.
| Nearly every house at Miami junction, five
| miles north of Prescott. was blown down and
| several persons injured. Seventeen persons are
| known to have been killed in Linn county
| and about fifty were seriously wounded
| From Bourbon county. Kansas, reports art
| coming in slowly of terrible devastation. D. j
/ FielGs's farm was swept clear OF buildings anl
/ live stock Near by, the Mills family was nearly
| exterminated two children and the father ani
mother being killed. and niece and child were
| found barely alive, but will recover. The ston,
/ residence of Samuel Coles was RACED to th,
!. ground
In Anderson county the cyclone badly dam
| aged the town of Colony At Blue Mound,
| town of nine hundred inhabitants, twenty house
/ were wrecked and TWO persons were killed. 10
| seph Duncan's house hurled away in tn
/ midst of a wedding ceremony, but the part,
| found refuge in the cellar and escaped injury.